Also, words are cheap. Trump has consistently been loose with the facts, and his proposed budget has many economist scratching their heads as to how this will be paid.

Basing a budget on "projected" improvement in the economic situation is akin to buying a house based on what we think might be our income in a few years. Building a wall that will cost billions of dollars is ridiculous and is going to cost a lot more than any numbers he, his followers, or detractors have thrown out there.

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Yes, we can give him credit for the tone of a speech he should have made months ago, but it doesn't mean a thing until we see what Trump and his Republican-controlled Congress can deliver.

George Calage, Stafford

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Regarding "Ex-governor says Trump 'eroding our democracy'" (Page A10, Wednesday), the Democratic Party response to President Trump's congressional address was very telling. First they selected former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, an out-of-office Democrat, who would not need to worry about losing his next election due to his pre-scripted negative harangue that all things Trump are evil.

Second. Well, there is no second as Beshear never once responded to Trump's address in this so-called Democratic Party response.

This Kentucky ex-governor was ineligible to run for re-election in 2015 due to term limits and was succeeded by a Republican, while his state voted by a large margin for Trump. And it is clear he and his party still do not know why or do not care why.